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PATENT OFFICE. i

HENRYA W. POST, OF YORK, N.v Y.

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- srEcIrIcArIoN forming part ef Lettere Patent Ne. 751,338, datedFebruary 2, 1904.

Appiieetien 'tied Atguet 31, 190s.

To all whom it mag/concern( Beit known that I, HENRY W. Postma citizenof the United States, and a resident ofthe'city ofNewYork, borough ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented' anew and Improved Drawers-Supporter, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

y The purpose of my invention is to provide a simple form ofdrawers-supporter adapted for'attachment at the inner portion of thewaistband of the trousers, the supporter being constructed, preferably,o fone piece; of Wire of suitable gage or a strip of metal of anycross-sectional shape, the said supporter comprising two loops rigidlyheldat predetermined distances apart and means whereby the device may besecured to-the inner face of the waistband or between the layers formingthe, same, the .loopsI at suchA time projecting upward at the inner faceof the trousers-waistband.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the device thatthe loop members maybe made to receive a tape-loop on the .drawers orbuttons at the exterior of the waistband of the drawers, and"so that inany adaptation of the device when the trousers are dropped or loweredthe device will automatically and instantly disconnect itself from thekeepers on the drawers with which it was in engagement and permit of aready and convenient supporting engagement with the keepers on thedrawers when such engagement is required.

y The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofthe several parts, as willbe hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an inner face view of a portion of the waistband of a pairof trousers, illustrating the body of the device secured between thelayers of the waistband and its exposed members in supporting engagementwith the 'keeper-loop of a pair of drawers, the waistband of which isbroken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken practically on the linethe drawers.

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tirety to the inner face of the waistband of a pair of trousers. Fig. 4is a view similar -1, the device being shown attached in its ento thatshown in Fig. 3, but illustrating the device reversed for supportingengagement with buttons upon the outer face of the waistband of apair ofdrawers; and Fig. 5is avertical section taken practically on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Arepresents the waistbandof a pair of trouser`s,`B the waistband of apairof drawers, and C the customary tape-loop, which is attached totheouter face of the waistband of The said waistband of the trousers isshown as provided with the ordinary may be wire of a suitable gage or astrip of metal of any cross-sectional shape. The material, however, isbent upon itself to form two loops 12 and 18, extending in the samedirection atan angle to the body 14 of the device.

The said body 14, which connects the loops, is usually bent, or formedupon itself to provide a central eye 15, and the material is carriedfrom the outer lmembers of the loops 12 and 13 outwardly and practicallyin the same direction as the said loops, forming thereby end members 16,which terminate in eyes17. When the device is to be employed inconnection with a keeper-loop C on a pair of drawers, thesustaining-loops 12vand 13 of the device extend in an upward direction,as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In rige. 1 and 2 1 have iuuetreteei eu ofthe device, with the exceptionof the sustainingloops 12 and 13, as located between the layers formingthe waistband A of the trousers, and the outermost of such layers isprovided with slots 18, through which the sustainingloops 12 and 13extend, so as to be at the inner face'of the waistband, yet sufficientlyremoved therefrom to receive the keeper-tape C of the drawers. After thedevice has been placed in the waistband the slots 18 are closed betweentheir ends by stitching or other means.

The device may be attached by sewing to IOO the waistband through themedium of the central eye 15; but such attachment may be dispensed with,if desired. Under all conditions of attachment the device is secured inposition by stitches 19, engaging with the eyes 17, and preferably thisstitching 19 is the same which is employed to hold the frontsuspenderbuttons 10 in position on the waistband of the trousers.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated the device in its entirety located at theinner face of the waistband of the trousers, the parts of the devicebeing in the same position as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the deviceis secured in the same manner.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated the device attached to the inner face ofthe waistband oi'f a pair of drawers, but in a position the reverse ofthat shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the sustaining'- loops extending downwardinstead of upward. This latter position of the device is employed whenbuttons 2O are secured to the outer face of the waistband B of a pair ofdrawers, and the said buttons are received in the sustainingloops 12 and13.

It will be observed that under all conditions of attachment of thedevice to a pair of trousers when the trousers are lowered the loopswill automatically disengage themselves from the keepers on the drawerswith which they were in engagement and that when the person wearing thetrousers is dressed the keepers on the drawers may be expeditiously andconveniently brought into supporting engagement with thesustaining-loops 12 and 13.

The device is curved to conform to the curvature of the body, so that itcan be comfortably worn.

- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A drawers-supporter, consisting of asinglcpiece of spring material 'having a central body-section, bent uponitself at its center to form an eye, sustaining-loops at each side ofthe center of the body-section, extending in the same direction as thecentral eye, and terminal members extending in substantially the samedirection as the said sustaining-loops, the terminal members beingprovided with eyes at their extremities, for the purposes set forth.

2. A drawers-supporter, consisting ofa single piece of spring materialhaving a central body-section adapted to be disposed parallel with thewaistband of the trousers, verticallydisposed sustaining-loops at eachside of the center of the body-section, and terminal members extendingoutwardly and upwardly to a point below the tops of saidsustaining-loops, the terminal members being provided with eyes at theirextremities, for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination with a pair of trousers of a drawers-supporterconsisting of a single piece of spring material having a centralbodysection adapted to be disposed parallel with the waistband of thetrousers, vertically-disposed sustaining-loops at each side of thecenter of the body-section, terminal members extending outwardly andupwardly to a point below the top of said sustaining-loops, and eyes atthe extremities of said terminal members, said eyes registering with thesuspenderbuttons and secured to the inner side of the waistband by thesame threads that secure the buttons in position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY W. POST.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

